June 2023
Friday, June 23
6:40 a.m.
Press interview
7:10 a.m.
Press interview
7:45 a.m.
Met with the Montana Federation of Public Employees
8:00 a.m.
Attended a breakfast with Montana AFL-CIO members
9:05 a.m.
Spoke at Montana AFL-CIO Annual Convention
11:00 a.m.
Held a roundtable on PACT Act implementation with VA officials, veterans, and advocates
12:15 p.m.
Press interview
12:45 p.m.
Phone Call with State Department Deputy Secretary Wendy Sherman
1:45 p.m.
Phone Call with Interior Department Secretary Deb Haaland
Thursday, June 22
9:30 a.m.
Met with representatives from the Montana Music Educators Association: Kim Lorengo, President, Orchestra Teacher at Anaconda Schools; Michel Sticka, MT State Executive, Band Teacher, Chief Joseph Middle School, Bozeman; Amy Schendle, Past President, Fine Arts Supervisor, Billings Schools; and Duane Zehr, State Manager, Band Teacher, Capital High School, Helena
9:45 a.m.
Met with Erin Aune, VP of Strategic Planning, Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital & Glasgow Clinic
10:00 a.m.
Introduced witness at Senate Finance Committee hearing
10:15 a.m.
Attended Banking Committee hearing
10:20 a.m.
Commerce Committee nominations hearing
10:30 a.m.
Attended Appropriations Full Committee Markup
11:30 a.m.
Met with representatives from the American Optometric Association: Dr. Joe Vincent, Great Falls; Dr. Rob Simons, Helena; and Dr. Ron Benner
11:45 a.m.
Senate floor session
12:15 p.m.
Press interview
12:45 p.m.
Met virtually with the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association: Janice Erfle, Billings; Vicki & Leland Walbruch, Kalispell; and Steven Roy
1:00 p.m.
Press interview
1:15 p.m.
Press interview
1:30 p.m.
Press interview
1:45 p.m.
Press interview
1:50 p.m.
Senate floor session
2:00 p.m.
Met with representatives from the US Cattlemen’s Association: Leo McDonnell, McDonnell Angus, Columbus, MT; and Lia Biondo, Executive Vice President
2:15 p.m
Met with Hillary Wandler, professor at UM Law School and Founding Director of the veterans legal clinic at UM, and Grace Wandler
2:45 p.m.
Press interview
Wednesday, June 21
8:00 a.m.
Met with GEN Randy George, Vice Chief of Staff of the Army; MAJ Natalia Gruenbaum, COL Jess Carter, and COL Emily Schiffer
9:00 a.m.
Met with Dr. Wynde Cheek, Helena
9:30 a.m.
Met with representatives from Zero to Three Strolling Thunder: Caitlin Jensen, Brian Murphy, and Liam Jensen, and Leticia Mederos
9:30 a.m.
Attended Banking Committee markup
10:00 a.m.
Attended Banking Committee Nominations hearing
10:00 a.m.
Attended Commerce Committee Nominations hearing
11:30 a.m.
Senate floor session
12:15 p.m.
Met with Bryson Shaw, Columbia Grain Inc., Great Falls; Augusto Bassanini and Brian Welch, United Grain Corp., Vancouver, WA; and Paul Katovich, HighLine Grain Growers Inc., Waterville WA
12:30 p.m.
Met with students from the Montana Electric Cooperatives Youth Tour
12:45 p.m.
Attended Democratic Caucus meeting
2:00 p.m.
Press interview
2:15 pm
Met with representatives from Applied Materials: Gary Dickerson, CEO, and Prabu Raja, President, Semiconductor Products Group
2:25 p.m.
Senate floor session
2:30 p.m.
Met with Anna Gomez, nominee to be a FCC Commissioner, and Brian Moulton, Director, Office of Legislative Affairs
3:30 p.m.
Chaired Veterans’ Affairs Committee hearing
5:00 p.m.
Spoke virtually at the Frontier Healthcare Conference
Tuesday, June 20
4:45 p.m.
Attended Defense Appropriations Subcommittee hearing
5:30 p.m.
Senate floor session
Thursday, June 15
9:20 a.m.
Press interview
9:30 a.m.
Met with Dr. Alan Townsend, Dean of Forestry School, University of Montana
9:45 a.m.
Met with Marc Fogel’s family: Sam Fogel and Cy Burchenal
11:00 a.m.
Met with representatives from the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization: Scott Sutton, CEO, Olin Corporation; Mike Meenam, Director of Global Government Affairs, Olin; Pat Morrison, Chief of Field Services, IAFF; Celeste Monforton, DrPH, MPH; and Linda Reinstein, President & Co-Founder, ADAO; Greg Russell, Government Relations, IAFF; Bob Sussman, ADAO Counsel; and James Williams Jr., Director, Federal Relations, American Cancer Society
11:15
Senate floor session
11:30 a.m.
Met with students from the Wibaux and Beaverhead FFA Chapters
12:30 p.m.
Met with Dr. Adriana Kugler, nominee, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
12:45 p.m.
Attended DPCC meeting
1:00 p.m.
Met with representatives from the Montana Nurses Association: Anna Bowman, Bozeman; Vicky Byrd, East Helena; Paul Lee, Helena; and Lorie Van Donsel, Forsyth
1:45 p.m.
Senate floor session
Wednesday, June 14
8:00 a.m.
Met with Maureen Wicks, Agency Director, State Farm; Celeste Wicks-Knipping; Pat Knipping; Ingrid Knipping, and Leighton Knipping
8:15 a.m.
Attended Montana Constituent Coffee
9:00 a.m.
Met with representatives from the MT Broadcasters Association: Dewey Bruce, President & CEO; Ron Davis, Butte Broadcasting; Cam Maxwell, Desert Mountain Media; Keith Teske, Cowles Media Montana; and Tom Brand, Executive Director of the National Association of Farm Broadcasters
9:15 a.m.
Press interview
10:00 a.m.
Met with representatives from the MT Nonprofit Association: Liz Moore, Executive Director, and Kate Arpin
10:15 a.m.
Met with Gwen Lankford, Cecilia Spencer, Ebony Spencer, Amy Kaufmann and Genevieve Cochran
10:45 a.m.
Press interview
11:30 a.m.
Senate floor session
11:30 a.m.
Met with representatives from the United Steelworkers Union: Emil Ramirez, Director, District 11; Andrew Racki, CHS Refining, Laurel; Josh Elmore, CHS Refining, Laurel; and Curtis Schomer, Stillwater Mine
11:45 a.m.
Met with Jeff Kayser, Toyota of Bozeman; Scott Ehrlich and John Motschall, Ehrlich Toyota, Laramie, WY; and Dave Billion, Billion Toyota, Sioux Falls, SD and Butte
12:00 p.m.
Met with students and representatives from Montana 4-H: Beverly Schneider, Zoe Schneider, Stella Duran (Lewis & Clark County 4-H); Jessica Murray, John Weldon, Ellie Weldon, Lacey Pape, Jacob Harvey (Beaverhead County 4-H); Judy Smith, Logan Smith (Lake County 4-H); and Brooklyn Sims (Yellowstone County 4-H)
12:30 p.m.
Met with Gray Cornwell, NFIB, Montana Valley Irrigation, Vaughn
12:45 p.m.
Attended Chairs meeting
2:15 p.m.
Met with Rob Hale, CEO, Granite Telecommunications; Mike Galvin, Chief Administrative Officer
2:30 p.m.
Senate floor session
3:00 p.m.
Chaired Veterans’ Affairs Committee hearing
4:00 p.m.
Attended Appropriations Committee Democratic member meeting
5:00 p.m.
Attended Senator Mazie Hirono and the Chamber of Commerce Hawaii’s “Taste of Hawaii” Reception
5:00 p.m.
Attended Senator Jeanne Shaheen and the New Hampshire Delegation’s “Experience New Hampshire” Reception
5:15 p.m.
Senate floor session
Tuesday, June 13
8:15 a.m.
Phone Call with GEN Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
9:00 a.m.
Met with Cathy, Richard, Cody, and Chase Conover, Bozeman
9:15 a.m.
Met with representatives from the Citizens’ Climate Lobby: Kristen Walser, Bozeman; Deborah Hines, Bozeman; and Robin Paone, Whitefish
9:30 a.m.
Met with representatives from the Council for Opportunity in Education: Remi Still Smoking and Zoey Reid, Office of Commissioner of Higher Education, Educational Talent Search
10:00 a.m.
Attended Banking Committee hearing
10:00 a.m.
Chaired Defense Appropriations Classified Subcommittee hearing
11:30 a.m.
Senate floor session
12:00 p.m.
Met with representatives from the American Council of Engineering Companies of Montana: Jay Skoog, Executive Director; Craig Pozega, Great West Engineering; Chris Anderson, DJ & A, P.C.; and Scott Murphy, Morrison-Maierle Inc.
12:30 p.m.
Met with representatives from the Montana Farm Bureau Federation: Gina Stevens, Hardin; Eric Moore, Miles City; Chris Kolstad, Ledger; Jess and Nikki Bandel, Floweree; and Nicole Rolf, Senior Director of Government Affairs, Eastern MT Regional Manager
12:45 p.m.
Met with representatives from Northwestern Energy: Joe Stimetz, Director of Marketing Operations, Supply Department, Butte, and Shannon Heim, General Counsel and VP of Federal Affairs, Helena
12:50 p.m.
Met with Justin Meissner, Assistant State Conservationist Easement Programs, Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA, Bozeman
1:00 p.m.
Attended Democratic Caucus meeting
2:15 p.m.
Senate floor session
2:20 p.m.
Met with representatives from the Susan G. Komen Advocates: Shelley Emslie, Bigfork, and Bobbi Will, Bismarck, ND
2:30 p.m.
Attended Banking Committee Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation and Community Development hearing
3:25 p.m.
Press interview
4:00 p.m.
Met with Phebe Novakovic, CEO, General Dynamics
4:15 p.m.
Met with representative from the Clean Fuels Alliance America: Jon Auerbach, Par Pacific Holdings, Billings
5:00 p.m.
Senate floor session
Monday, June 12
4:15 p.m.
Press Interview
5:30 p.m.
Senate floor session
6:00 pm.
Phone Call with SEIU National President Mary Kay Henry
Saturday, June 10
5:00 p.m.
Attended Montana Audubon Wings Across the Big Sky Festival in Great Falls and Received Conservation of the Year Award
Thursday, June 8
9:00 a.m.
Met with the Kongaika family from Billings
9:35 a.m.
Press interview
10:15 a.m.
Press interview
10:40 a.m.
Delivered floor speech
11:00 a.m.
Press interview
11:15 a.m.
Met with representatives from the Montana Cattle Ranchers: Chaley Harney, Billings; David Hanson, Willow Creek; and Jake Feddes, Manhattan
11:30 a.m.
Senate floor session
11:45 a.m.
Press interview
12:45 p.m.
Met with representatives from the YWCA: Victoria Doe, Shelter Director, Great Falls; Jen Euell, Executive Director, Missoula; Sandi Filipowicz, Executive Director, Great Falls; Lori Warden, Board Vice President, Missoula; and Joi Cheney, DC
1:45 p.m.
Senate floor session
Wednesday, June 7
8:00 a.m.
Met with representatives from MT Department of Justice Children’s Advocacy Centers: Dana Toole, Brenda George, Exec. Director Children’s Alliance of Montana; Kipp Tkachyk, Director Flathead County Children’s Advocacy Center; Sean Sullivan, Child Advocate Flathead County CAC; and Jacole Douglas, Children’s Alliance of Montana – Tele-mental Health Program Coordinator
8:15 a.m.
Attended Montana Constituent Coffee
9:15 a.m.
Press interview
9:30 a.m.
Met with representatives from the Montana Building Industry Association: Kim Chambers, Charter Construction Inc.; Eugene Graf, EG Construction; Justin Moore, Diamond Dust Construction Bozeman; Riley Rivers, Rivers Landscaping LLC; John Harding, Steve & Corbin Keaster, Keaster Construction; Spencer Woith, Woith Engineering; and Nicholas Ream, Montana Heritage Homebuilders
10:00 a.m.
Met with students from Colstrip High School; St. Andrew School, Helena; and Choteau High School
10:30 a.m.
Chaired Defense Appropriations Classified Subcommittee hearing
11:30 a.m.
Senate floor session
12:00 p.m.
Met with representatives from IEX: Ronan Ryan, President; Dillon McGregor, Head of Government Relations; and Marija Z. Smith, Head of Communications
12:30 p.m.
Met with representatives from MT Coalition Against Domestic Assault and Sexual Violence: Kelsen Young and Kim Ranger, Administrative Director
12:45 p.m.
Met with representatives from Mo-Fi: Dave Glaser, Missoula, and Greg Astle, Bozeman
1:00 p.m.
Attended Democratic Caucus meeting
2:15 p.m.
Met with representatives from Glasgow: Eli Feezell; Kalyn Kolstad; James Seekins; Rod Karst, Mayor of Glasgow; Glenn Meier, former Sheriff; Stephanie Meier; Stan Ozark, City Council President; Sherri Turner; Bonnie Gay; and Mitch Willett, former MT Highway Patrol
2:30 p.m.
Attended Indian Affairs Committee Markup
2:30 p.m.
Met with representatives from UBS Americas Inc.
2:45 p.m.
Senate floor session
3:00 p.m.
Chaired Veterans’ Affairs Committee hearing
5:00 p.m
Met with representative from MT Association of Colleges of Teacher Education: Estee Aiken, President, University of MT Western, Dillon
Tuesday, June 6
4:45 p.m.
Press interview
5:15 p.m.
Attended Managed Funds Association Board of Directors Reception
5:30 pm
Senate floor session